For Boredom's Sake: Eric's Tale & The Adventures of Sir Wilhelm

It's been awhile since I've posted anything here, so, I thought I'd plug my other story blog thingymuhbob. A few years ago, I was a semi-avid blogger over on Xanga, posting my thoughts almost daily (despite having zero readership); it was mainly a journal type thing, where I whined and complained.

But, in March (I think) of 2008, my friend Will (who also blogged some) started writing a silly story about a fictional, quasi-medievel version of himself. His story also featured a hilarious, badass charicature of myself, which inspired me to write my own stories with the character. This story would be a prequel to Will's (everyone loves prequels, right? ... right?). I wrote a single opening chapter (featuring Sir Eric finding himself in Hell) before losing interest, as I so often find myself doing. End of story, right? Wrong.

A few days ago I recieved a text from Will telling me how he was reviving his stories. He had decided to post his story from 2008 onto Blogger and continue where he had left off (with his character hilariously jumping off of a ship, leaving my character onboard to marry a she-pirate). This inspired me to go back and look at the chapter I had posted. I instantly found myself plotting out what would happen next, so I decided to continue my story as well. Onto Blogger I hopped, and the rest is history.

I've written an additional two chapters, and I'm presently writing the fourth. Will's story features surreal slapstick comedy and potty humor, which is hilarious. Mine is in the same vein, but slightly more serious. I took the same approach Talking Heads took when writing The Overload, being inspired by the band Joy Division, despite never having listened to them; I'm inspired by Terry Pratchet's Discworld stories, despite never having read any of them, haha.

So, if you're interested in reading some not-so-high fantasy (delivered in convenient, short chapters), then please check out my other blog, For Boredom's Sake: Eric's Tale and tell me what you think.

While you're at it, check out Will's story, The Adventures of Sir Wilhelm!

We're planning on joining them up at some point, though indirectly. The possibilities are literally endless. I have some pretty neat ideas on my end, and I'm sure Will can think of some pretty hilarious adventures on his end. Tell us what you think!


Yours,
Mr. E. Greer